Vol. 19, No. 04 
DOE solicits information from states on nuclear lifecycle hubs
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Budget & Policy
Senate blocks funds as shutdown looms, Cramer cites desire to fund gov
ARLINGTON, VA – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit Wednesday there was a “pretty cohesive desire” to finish funding the government, but “whether we get it done by Friday” he was unsure. Friday, Jan. 30 is the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus competes with ‘everyone and their brother’ for Oak Ridge labor, CEO says
ARLINGTON, VA – Competing for workers with other nuclear projects around the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee is a concern, Centrus Energy CEO Amir Vexler said here this week. Recently, Centrus announced plans to expand its Oak Ridge manufacturing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC should stick with LNT radiation protection model, Huff says
Weakening the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) radiation protection standard is not supported by current research and could harm people, especially women and children, a former Department of Energy official wrote in a Jan. 23 article. Former DOE assistant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
RFP for Savannah River data centers closed, proposals being assessed
ARLINGTON, VA – Proposals are being assessed for contractors looking to build and power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers at Savannah River Site, the site’s field manager said in a panel on a snowy first day of Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus prepares to expand Oak Ridge manufacturing plant
Centrus Energy plans to expand its manufacturing plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. at an investment of more than $560 million, according to the company’s Jan. 23 press release. The Bethesda, Md.-based uranium broker said the expansion of the Oak Ridge manufacturing plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
DOE approves safety analysis for Antares pilot reactor
The Department of Energy has approved Antares Nuclear’s Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for its demonstration reactor under DOE’s reactor pilot program. Under the program, DOE has set out a goal of at least three reactors reaching criticality by July… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
LEU, not HALEU, drives current enrichment market
ARLINGTON, VA – Centrus Energy has signed contracts worth $2.3 billion to provide low-enriched uranium to electric utilities and virtually all of it involves traditional LEU rather than the high-assay-low-enriched uranium (HALEU) Centrus CEO Amir Vexler said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
TVA, Type One Energy submit initial fusion license application
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Type One Energy submitted a byproduct material license application with the state of Tennessee Thursday in preparation for a commercial fusion project. TVA and Type One Energy additionally worked with the Tennessee Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
Supporting host communities key to data center success, NDS told
ARLINGTON, VA – To garner support for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers on federal land, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) should “state its value propositions” early on, Senior Director at Microsoft Federal Bryan Lopez said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
EIA reports fewer nuclear plant outages to start out the year
Nuclear power plants in the United States experienced fewer outages in the first three weeks of this year compared to 2025, according to a Monday report from the Energy Information Administration. From Jan. 1 to Jan. 21, nuclear power outages averaged two gigawatts… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Westinghouse collaborates with two companies to produce Cobalt-60
Westinghouse has partnered with Nordion and Public Service Enterprise Group Nuclear (PSEG) to launch the first commercial-scale production of Cobalt-60 in pressurized water reactors. Cobalt-60 is a critical isotope used in the medical field and other industries.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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International
Round Up: TEPCO shuts down Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 6 again; Aalo Atomics completes final design review; DOE creates used nuclear fuel research center; more
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) shut down Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, one day after restarting it, due to a technical malfunction. According to a Jan. 22 New York Times article, the alarm went off in the power plant while technicians… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]